Democrats and capital (was: Re: BdL on BE)

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 04:30 PM 6/7/01 -0400, todd a. wrote:
>Are the suburbs being followed by the ghettoes, thanks to gentrification in
>the urban cores?  That might mean the middle-class is shrinking as more of
>them stay where they are socio-economically and the upper parts of the
>economy rocket off, leaving them behind, thanks to the shedding of
>"high-status" workers.

I did not argue where the middle class resides ("burbs" were just a figure
of speach).  I argued that middle class is growing more numerous, and the
characteristic feature of that class is upper class identfication (even if
imaginary) and fear of the lower class.  That is a prescription for an
economically conservative politics (bust unions, cut taxes and public
programs) seasoned with social liberalism (choice of lifestyles and freedom
of speech).  These are the core values of the middle class - any politician
who cannot see the writing on the wall is doomed to fail.

wojtek